A/N: Here is my newest story. : )

Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.

- Lamartine

8:00 a.m.

Cold and wet – two things that Spencer Reid separately loathed, even worse was when they combined their powers to create freezing rain. As Reid ran into the building he noticed all of his clothes were sticking to his body revealing his thin frame and matting his hair to his head. He shivered trying to rid himself of the excess water before opening the door.

"Hey Pretty Boy, did you just get out of the shower?" Morgan joked as he and Garcia walked in through the open door with an umbrella protecting them from the water.

"I hate the rain." Cried Spencer Reid as he walked towards the elevator sandwiched between Garcia and Morgan.

"Really Pretty Boy, why is that?" the group came to a halt as Morgan pressed the up button and the three colleagues waited for the elevator to make its decent towards the ground level.

"Because you always get so wet." He said shaking his body like a dog which caused Morgan and Garcia to giggle. Reid looked around wondering what exactly was so funny when he saw Erin Strauss staring at him; her blouse and face were slightly damp. 'Sorry' he mouthed but she simply huffed and walked away, her heels clicking loudly on the tiled floor.

"Nice one." Morgan said trying to contain his laughter.

"Not if I'm trying to keep my job." Reid could feel his face heat up with embarrassment. The elevator sounded a 'bing' to announce its arrival and Reid watched while his two friends got on. "You've got to be kidding me. You aren't actually about to get on that are you?"

"Sugar Daddy what in the world are you talking about?" Garcia asked not understanding why Reid had stopped.

"Reid has a fear of elevators." Morgan said turning towards Garcia.

"I do not, number one. Number two; did you not just hear that?" Reid asked pointing towards the roof but the two other people shook their heads indicating they had no idea what he was talking about. "There was lightening followed by thunder less than a second after the flash, meaning any second now the lightning could hit this very building. And you know what happens if we're in there when it hits?"

"We get stuck for thirty seconds until someone fixes the power?" asked Garcia using her technological knowledge to provide a possible scenario.

"No, didn't you ever see The Tower of Terror?" asked Reid.

"That's not based on a true story." Morgan rolled his eyes and was about to shut the door when Reid began talking again.

"But it could just have easily been. All I'm saying is there is no way I'm getting on that thing but you two feel free to." Reid turned on his heels and walked towards the stairs. Morgan and Garcia exchanged one quick glance before nodding and simultaneously stepping off the elevator to follow Reid up the stairs.

"I don't even know if I know what floor our offices are on. I just always walk onto the elevators and press the same button automatically." Said Morgan as the group began to ascend up the stairs.

"Good thing I'm here." Reid said jokingly as they passed the landing for the first floor.

"I really don't think stairs are safer than elevators." Garcia whispered to Morgan.

"Statistically that might be correct if you are a woman traveling by yourself but when you're with two men and in an FBI building that probably isn't an issue."

"You heard me whisper that? Should we add bat hearing to your list of super human character traits?" Garcia said smiling.

"You guys actually have one of those?" Reid asked stopping mid step which caused Morgan, who was looking down, to run right into him.

"No." he said quickly and Reid continued walking. Morgan turned around, 'we aren't supposed to tell him' he mouthed and Garcia chuckled thinking about the time when all of the profilers came into her office on a paperwork day and drafted up a document they called "ReidMeLikeaBook" containing every quirky characteristic of the youngest team member. "Mental note: add bat-hearing to the list."

"Mental notes aren't supposed to be said out loud." Reid commented looking down from the flight of stairs above her.

"Mental note: never talk out loud within fifty feet of Reid." Morgan turned around and smiled and the two laughed as they finally reached their floor. Reid pushed the door open and was immediately met by JJ who shoved a folder at Reid and Morgan. The laughing that had accompanied them the entire journey up the stairs quickly stopped as they switched into professional mode.

"We have a new case." She said before going into the bullpen and handing a copy to Emily before jogging up the stairs and into Aaron Hotchner's office.

"I hate when you guys leave me." Garcia said frowning.

"I don't think we are." Reid said after reading the first page of the file over quickly, "It looks like a local case."

"I hate it even more when it's a local case because that just means there's a crazy out there who is just waiting to steal a hottie like me." Garcia said the last part smiling which gained her a wink from Morgan. In any other place of employment this behavior would be considered inappropriate but if they didn't let themselves have fun sometimes they could easily be driven crazy.

"Unless you're an eight year old girl that shouldn't be an issue." Reid let his eyes quickly scan the next page of the file.

"Eh, way to make the mood awkward." Garcia said walking away, Reid looked up innocently.

"It's what the file says." He said defending himself; Morgan shook his head, placed a hand on Reid's back and guided them both to their desks. Reid swung his bag off of his shoulder and plopped down in his chair to look through the file examining it for more details that he might have missed initially.

"I hate these types of cases." Emily said walking up to her male coworkers when she saw that they had arrived.

"Is there a type of case you like?" Morgan raised an eyebrow.

"Good point, but it's always the kids that bother me. They always seem so innocent." She took a swig from her coffee mug.

"That reminds me." Reid jumped up from his chair and, as Morgan always described it, galloped over to the coffee machine to get his morning fix.

"You just love that stuff don't you? It's not even that good."

"That's because you don't know how to make it, also I think the team over exaggerates my love of coffee. Whenever I'm getting some I always see at least one of you getting some too."

"No way, you fill that cup up almost five times a day." Morgan laughed.

"I do not." He said returning with a full cup and looking over at Emily for back up but she shrugged her shoulders indicating she sided with Morgan, "Whatever. Of all the things I could do this is probably the least of my worries. Did you know that coffee was actually outlawed? They thought it was made by the devil because people became so addicted to it but then the pope tried it and he liked it so he decided it was okay and blessed it. And now it's the fifth highest addiction."

"Conference Room." Hotch said looking down at his team before walking into the room with the rounded table. Everyone jumped up and quickly followed pursuit into the room their boss had just gone into. When they walked in they found him cursing on the phone, he hung up and looked at the team.

"Another girl was just stolen."

A/N: What do you all think so far? Please review if you get a chance. : )